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[Vs.] Best Glow Plastic

sidewinder22

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Who's got the best premo glow plastic for actually glowing?
 
I´m doing a Glow round this weekend so i tested all my glow disc yesterday . .for me the Discmania color glow MD4 was my best. . and my Glow Buzzz and Moonshine DD Deputy the worst. . .New Innova was ok

Vibram has the best i think. . MVP and gatways are good
 
Vibram has the best glowing "plastic" without a doubt. However, it's still rubber, feels strange, they don't have the greatest molds, and it's OOP.

Personally, I find Innova/Discmania Color Glow to stand out the best to my eyes. Any of the white/green glow plastics fade quickly and don't jump out to me as well in the dark after 4 players have thrown, but I never have trouble finding my pink CGC-line.
 
i usually just use the glow in the dark duct tape

however these days i just enjoy walking or hiking at night rather than searching hours for a frisbee
 
My pink McGlow Roc3 seems to glow the longest of any of my discs. Regular Innova glow stuff glows brightly at first but not for as long. I have a Moonshine River that barely glows at all, and I've heard that's common for Trilogy glow plastic. I've seen a glow disc from Discraft, and it's about on par with Trilogy.

Has anybody tried the Eclipse plastic from MVP/Axiom? I saw they just came out with a set of Eclipse discs that had the glow stuff on the flight plate instead of the overmold.
 
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Some of the best glowing plastics are Innova color glow Champion and DX glow/color glow. From Discraft some of the ESP Glow runs are awesome and charge up nicely.

Some of my least favorites, Lat 64 Moonshine, MVP Eclipse, Discraft Z Glo and Innova Champion.
 
Of the Discraft plastics the photon glow is far and away the best. However, I think it's only available in the Challenger mold - but I am not sure. The Z plastic glow is not bad. The ESP glow is hit and miss IMHO. I have a glow Undertaker that's passible and a glow ESP Thrasher that doesn't glow at all.

I'm curious what others experiences with the photon glow is to other brands. It glows great, is rock hard and I hate how it feels for putting.
 
My pink McGlow Roc3 seems to glow the longest of any of my discs. Regular Innova glow stuff glows brightly at first but not for as long. I have a Moonshine River that barely glows at all, and I've heard that's common for Trilogy glow plastic. I've seen a glow disc from Discraft, and it's about on par with Trilogy.

Has anybody tried the Eclipse plastic from MVP/Axiom? I saw they just came out with a set of Eclipse discs that had the glow stuff on the flight plate instead of the overmold.

i saw someone use it with a black light pretty standard to me in brightness and duration of glow its def not a gamechanger glow in any terms
 
The axiom glow is nowhere near as bright as the glow rim on MVP discs. The glow ring on MVP is almost as bright as the Vibram glows.
 
My blue crowned eagle MD3 was super bright. Nightstrike and Dark Maul were good too. KC pro glow rocs, conrad aviars not nearly as bright. Sexton firebirds were in the middle. Discmania seems to have it down from my samples.
 
i usually just use the glow in the dark duct tape

however these days i just enjoy walking or hiking at night rather than searching hours for a frisbee

Glow tape makes sense, plus maybe a stack of DX mids so I don't worry about losing them.
 
Gateway Super Glow is the brightest that I know of (in production).

If you're a Buzzz thrower, my best glow in my bag right now are 2017's second run of the Doss's Tour Series Z Buzzz (Only the white, aqua, yellow, and green of that run were glowers I think.) They charge up slower, but retain a really strong glow. https://www.sunkingdiscs.com/discraft-elite-z-buzzz-nate-doss-tour-series-2.html

Nothing beats LEDs on translucent plastic, though. I've a dedicated bag of dayglow green discs for the season (that color fluoresces the brightest under uv light, just in case the LED gets knocked off.)
 
I did not read anyone else's posts above, so perhaps this has been said, but my experience is that Kastaplast glow is awesome, as is Gateway Super Glow. I have not found any other glow discs to be anywhere near as bright or long lasting (glow) as these brands. My Vibrams are not nearly as good.
 
Anyone have success with Swirl ESP Glo? Got a Vulture in it, disc is great but the glow aspect is pretty pathetic. No problems with Z Glo.

Stability wise, is Trilogy less stable in moonshine? The XXX, River, and Saint Pro I've thrown in moonshine were all noticeable less stable.
 
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